Bush sells vision of hydrogen future

Using the national spotlight to sell a technology still foreign to most Americans, President Bush on Tuesday proposed a $1.2 billion program to help build the infrastructure needed to revolutionize the cars we drive. The goal is to replace the polluting internal combustion engine with battery-like fuel cells that run on nonpolluting hydrogen. But obstacles exist, and the long time frame has environmentalists worried that more immediate action will be ignored.

‘Fog City’ Catches a Few Rays

SAN FRANCISCO -- A city known worldwide for its dense fog is tapping a vastly underused resource: the sun.
Construction will soon begin on San Francisco's first major solar-power project -- a $7.4 million retrofit of the Moscone Convention Center that will include the rooftop installation of 5,000 solar panels.
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Bonsai Potato – Zen Without the Wait!

Are you the type of person who longs for patience and tranquility in your life? Of course you are, but in our modern society who has the time? Now it's possible. With the items contained in this kit you can quickly and efficiently reach an inner peace that can take monks an entire lifetime to achieve.

Sun’s rays to roast Earth as poles flip

Earth's magnetic field - the force that protects us from deadly radiation bursts from outer space - is weakening dramatically. Scientists have discovered that its strength has dropped precipitously over the past two centuries and could disappear over the next 1,000 years.

Spider webs float through Santa Cruz

Long, floating spider webs are bobbing through the skies of Santa Cruz this week, confusing some community members concerned about biological weapons, UFOs and other phenomena.

OMG! Antler thieves are everywhere!

Covert AntlerWatch agents are on the streets of Toronto, yea verily they walk among you, keeping an eye or two...

paint like the Group of Seven

Looking at getting some more courses? Interested in painting wilderness scenes? Trying to figure out who Tom Thomson was? Try...

Everdale Environmental Learning Centre

These guys seem pretty cewl. I was thinking of taking a workshop up there. Everdale is a non-profit learning centre...

The Shaw House

The Shaw House has sat vacant for more that 20 years. Originally a large lakeshore home. it was taken over...

Nature’s Champion

Jim Cutler is a man of medium height, with a bushy mustache, who beneath a mild manner packs an arsenal...